Matplotlib can't find font

Question

I am trying to draw an xkcd-style plot with matplotlib (ver. 1.4.2) under Python 3.

When I try to run:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
plt.xkcd()
plt         


        

Answer 1

If you add a new font after installing matplotlib then try to remove the font cache. Matplotlib will have to rebuild the cache, thereby adding the new font.

It may be located under ~/.matplotlib/fontList.cache or ~/.cache/matplotlib/fontList.json.